Iori Kimura on stand-by at ARTA Honda for Fuji
Kimura has been named as the third driver for the #8 ARTA Honda NSX-GT alongside Tomoki Nojiri and Oyu for the fourth round of the season on August 6. It comes after Oyu broke his collarbone and was forced to sit out this month’s Super Formula race at the same venue. ARTA registering Kimura as […]
Heart of Racing Astons take both class wins
The 160-minute race got underway with Ross Gunn leading the GTD Pro field in the No. 23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3. He got away cleanly from Jack Hawksworth in the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 and Antonio Garcia in the Corvette Racing C8.R. Mike Skeen, driving the No. 32 […]
Heart of Racing Aston and Korthoff Mercedes claim poles
The Northeast Grand Prix will feature the entire GT field, but no prototypes at the tight Connecticut road course. The 15-minute qualifying session was frantic with traffic becoming an issue for several drivers. Antonio Garcia in the Corvette C8.R was aggressive from the get-go, and the GTD Pro driver asserted himself with an early time […]
Le Mans results finalised following six-car technical investigation
A bulletin has been issued by the technical delegates from WEC organisers the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest confirming the compliance of the six cars from which components were taken at post-race scrutineering after the centenary running of Le Mans on 10-11 June. They were the Hypercar contenders that finished in the top […]
Glickenhaus to skip Fuji, WEC future in doubt
Team founder Jim Glickenhaus has stuck to his vow not to continue in the series this year with his Pipo-engined 007 Le Mans Hypercar without sponsorship. No funding was forthcoming before the freight left by sea this week for the Asian leg of the WEC comprising the Fuji 6 Hours on 10 September and then […]
Peugeot has «all the right ingredients» for WEC success
The French manufacturer scored its first WEC podium with the 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar last time out at Monza, the result for the #93 machine di Resta shared with Mikkel Jensen and Jean-Eric Vergne marking the first time Peugeot had finished on the same lap as the leader. For di Resta, the podium finish was a first […]
Michelin outlines conditions for GT500 return
The French tyre maker, which currently supplies Nissan’s two works-run NISMO and NDDP Racing entries, announced back in May that the current season will be its last in GT500, ending an unbroken run of participation dating back to 2009. It is set to leave Bridgestone, Yokohama and Dunlop (Sumitomo) as the remaining participants in SUPER […]
Nissan’s Tsugio Matsuda finally leaves hospital
The #23 NISMO Nissan Z of Matsuda was involved in a high-speed accident at the 130R corner that brought the third round of the season to a premature halt. Matsuda had been trying to negotiate GT300 traffic at the time of the crash, getting tangled up with the apr Toyota GR86 of Manabu Orido and […]
More details of SUPER GT’s 2024 ‘shakedown’ test emerge
The two-day test on July 25-26 is set to provide fans with the first glimpse of next year’s GT500 cars, most notably the Honda Civic Type R-GT that will replace the NSX-GT after this season. Toyota and Nissan are also set to run the 2024 versions of their Z and GR Supra challengers respectively, introducing […]